The death of Rick Slayman, the first man to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically engineered pig, was caused by an ...

House Speaker Ron Mariano took a dim view of the possibility of top Democrats reaching compromise on hospital oversight or ...

Doctors say that Richard Slayman's body did not reject a pig kidney modified to become more compatible with human biology.

WHEN Katelyn Jill had the sudden urge to crack her black she had no idea it was an early warning sign for a heart attack. “I ...

Despite decades of calls for more attention to patient safety in hospitals, people undergoing surgery still have high rates ...

The Oct. 18 agreement concludes a seven-year legal battle between the University of Mississippi Medical Center and the Mississippi Center for Advanced Medicine.

The health lobby group has scheduled talks with new Health Minister Tim Nicholls in a bid to secure a better deal for doctors ...

TV star Davina McCall has been diagnosed with a brain tumour and will undergo surgery to remove it after doctors discovered ...

Every second counts when you're having a stroke — and University of Missouri Columbia researchers have found that those ...

Dr. Eugene Braunwald is often called the father of modern cardiology. He calls that an exaggeration. "Maybe I've been around longer, but there are a lot of people who have made major contributions to ...

At top, co-authors Eij Taira and Dr. Chikako Yamaki accept the award on behalf of the team at a recent conference. They were ...

November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Pancreatic cancer is a deadly disease with the highest mortality rate of all ...